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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT for Boone County, Madison County, Platte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, NE, Madison County, NE, Platte County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Newman Grove, NE | |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Albion, NE | |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Albion, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
570
WFUS53 KOAX 272300
TOROAX
NEC011-119-141-272330-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0016.120527T2300Z-120527T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
600 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 555 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ALBION...OR 42 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBION AND NEWMAN GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4168 9814 4199 9765 4180 9752 4168 9781
4162 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 237DEG 46KT 4166 9812
$$
SMITH/ZAPOTOCNY2 follow-up statements
278
WWUS53 KOAX 272313
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
613 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
NEC151-159-272330-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120527T2330Z/
SEWARD NE-SALINE NE-
613 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM
CDT FOR SEWARD AND SALINE COUNTIES...
AT 609 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIEND...OR 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEWARD...MILFORD...FRIEND...DORCHESTER...BEAVER CROSSING...
STAPLEHURST...GOEHNER...TOBIAS...CORDOVA AND TAMORA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 369
AND 388.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO A BASEMENT...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS
A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4071 9737 4100 9719 4088 9691 4083 9691
4034 9732 4035 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 205DEG 43KT 4068 9726
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN
$$
DEE029
WWUS53 KOAX 272324
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
624 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
NEC011-119-141-272330-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120527T2330Z/
BOONE NE-PLATTE NE-MADISON NE-
624 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BOONE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PLATTE AND
MADISON COUNTIES...
AT 612 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
WEST OF NEWMAN GROVE. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWMAN
GROVE...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
IN ADDITION...70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN MADISON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4199 9765 4198 9764 4180 9752 4178 9756
4173 9767 4170 9780 4183 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 241DEG 42KT 4179 9782
$$
SMITH/ZAPOTOCNYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Thurston | 21 hr |
| May 27, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Stanton | 30 min |
| May 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Pierce | 29 min |
| May 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 51 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Pierce | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Boone | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Pierce | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline, Seward | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Pierce, Wayne | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Antelope, Pierce | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Platte | 26 min |
| May 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce, Stanton | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Madison, Platte | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward | 57 min |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Pierce, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.